Molested Zulong at the beginning

After all, when many officials are traveling, the biggest worry is that it will be too late, and it is difficult to find a place to stay in the wilderness, so they can only temporarily find a ruined temple to make do with it for one night.

It would be much more convenient if there was a post station every ten miles, so that people could enter at any time no matter day or night.

She couldn't help asking, "What's the third purpose?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "The third use is naturally mainly for the folks, and the folks also have the need for distant relatives, family members, and letters to deliver news."

"We can set up a special post office and set up a big box at the gate of the post station to store the letters written by the common people."

"Every once in a while, there will be special people who will send letters to post stations along the way, and their families can go to the post station closest to their home to pick up the letters sent."

"Every time you send a letter, you can collect a postage fee. Although one or two sums are not much, it is still a considerable amount of tax for thousands of people over the years."

"In addition, you can also prepare some ox carts and donkey carts for rent, so that some businessmen can transport goods."

"After all, as the land of Baiyue, the land of Monan, and the Yuezhi Kingdom on the corridor of the Western Regions become closer to the Central Plains, there will definitely be more and more businessmen coming and going. Transportation is the biggest problem."

"If you let them pay a deposit at the post station, you can easily rent an ox cart or a horse cart, and people will naturally come to sign up."

"In this way, these horses and ox carts still belong to the imperial court, and they can be recruited at any time if they want to use them. The direction and distance they usually walk every day are basically the same as usual, but they can receive a lot of income from the people."

"This move can greatly ease the financial pressure on the imperial court, and even bring profits."

Meng Tian fell into a daze after listening to Bai Su's reform method.

After pondering for a long time, she sighed, "Young Master is a great talent."

This same 50-scale horse is a free-for-all in her hands, and it poses a huge burden on finances.

But in Bai Su's hands, in just an instant, it became a good thing to benefit the country and the people by using private wealth to feed the court horses, and to make the people willing and grateful for it.

This kind of ability simply made her amazed.

Even Fan Li, the former God of Wealth, is nothing more than that.

With this kind of ability to gather money between cups of tea, it's no wonder His Majesty dotes on the young master so much.

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A gleam of splendor flashed in Meng Tian's autumn-like eyes: "My lord, this strategy is very clever. Not only has the effect of the 50 horses been brought into full play."

"It not only solved the financial problem, not only turned losses into profits, but also added two additional taxes to the imperial court, which is really amazing."

"However, these three strategies should not have been thought up by the young master on a whim."

As she spoke, she looked at Bai Su curiously.

This plan to reform the post station is really too comprehensive. Obviously, it was not a temporary idea, and it must have been planned early.

After all, no matter how smart a person is, it is impossible to think so much.

"I didn't expect to be spotted by the general."

Bai Su smiled, and admitted decisively: "Actually, when the establishment of the Beiting Protectorate was proposed outside the Great Wall, I was thinking about how to make the land of Monan fully attached to the Central Plains."

"After all, the regime established by simply garrisoning troops to suppress it by force is destined to last forever. Only Monan can rely on economy, culture, and all aspects, of which economy is the most important first link.

"Let the Xiongnu completely turn into the shape of the Central Plains, so that they will never be able to leave."

Meng Tian was taken aback for a moment, and his slender eyebrows were tightly frowned.

She was a little puzzled: "But how to do this?"

Bai Su smiled and said, "It's very simple. Since the grassland is not productive, after the establishment of Beiting Dufu, it mainly relies on trade."

"It can be said that they are large pastures in the Central Plains, and all production is based on grazing."

"The local herdsmen will exchange their own livestock in exchange for commodities from the Central Plains. Therefore, countless cattle, sheep, and horses will flow into the Central Plains continuously along the Yanmen Pass every year."

"If your Majesty wants to launch a war abroad, having so many horses is a huge advantage. We can form a huge cavalry army at any time, and we have the right to take the initiative to attack outside the Great Wall."

"However, if the next three or five years are in peacetime and there is no need for war, then relying solely on the imperial court's finances to feed these hundreds of thousands to millions of horses, the number of horses and chews that people eat and chew every day is an astronomical amount. .”

"Nowadays, the treasury of the imperial court is not very rich, and most of the money has to be reserved for the administration of the six kingdoms. The cost of raising horses is too heavy for the financial burden."

Meng Tian nodded in deep agreement, the scale of 50 alone gave her a headache for a long time, if it was doubled.

Just imagining it makes my forehead sweat.

Bai Su smiled lightly: "If you want to feed so many horses, you have to switch from military use to civilian use, give some benefits to the common people, and promote the development of commerce and people's livelihood. Only in this way can a virtuous circle be formed."

The common people in the Central Plains gained the benefits of writing letters, transporting goods, and traveling conveniently. The financial pressure of the imperial court dropped sharply, and they could accumulate a lot of money and get a considerable amount of tax revenue.

The herdsmen of Beiting Duhu Mansion can use their livestock stably to exchange for goods from the Central Plains through grazing, and even buy houses.

This has a stable exchange for cloth, silk, salt, everything you need through grazing.

Naturally, these Huns were unwilling to take the risk of being wiped out by the Xia army to become enemies of the Central Plains.

In this way, a Beiting Protectorate Mansion fully dependent on the Central Plains was established.

Meng Tian pondered for a long time after hearing Bai Su's plan.

She looked hesitant and said: "However, I have respected the system of farming and warfare for many years, and I have always emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. My son's actions like this may cause criticism from many people in the court."

"Especially the famous Confucian scholars under His Royal Highness Fusu, they absolutely do not support the young master and make trade a national policy."

Bai Su stroked his chin, pondered for a while and said, "Leave this matter to me."

This old idea of ​​agriculture-oriented, in the past everything was prepared for war, it is naturally correct.

But it's a little inappropriate to put it in today's unified world and when great governance is needed.

Adult times have changed!

Since Sister Zheng wants to be a wise monarch who expands the country externally and manages internal affairs to eliminate troubles, it is not enough to rely on Nongsang and the fixed annual tax to support this goal.

It is a reality that the treasury is so poor now.

Only trade is the right way.

It is impossible to control the land of Monan for a long time simply relying on the old system of farming and warfare.

If Fusu insisted on fighting against him, then he wouldn't mind arguing with other Confucians and defeating her face.

After all, Bai Su had already made a promise in front of Sister Zheng, saying that he would finish the private school and the Beiting Protectorate's affairs within half a year, otherwise, his head would be lost up.

Thinking of Sister Zheng's serious eyes and the scissor-like shape of her fingers, his eyelids trembled.

For the happiness of the second half of my life, no matter who is in front, I can only block and kill gods all the way, and the Buddha will block and kill the Buddha.

Meng Tian nodded and saluted respectfully: "If that's the case, then I will leave this matter to you, Young Master."

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The next day.

Bai Su got up early, and was sitting in front of the table, writing a memorandum about trade.

A carriage stopped slowly at the gate of the mansion.

A girl in an emerald green dress opened the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.

She has an exquisite figure, her skin is as delicate as white jade, and her fair and delicate face gives people a strange feeling, with a pair of rare eyes of different colors blinking.

It is the eighteenth emperor today, Her Highness Hu Yan.

This is not the first time she has come here, and she is skillfully directing the driver beside her to park the carriage and not to block the gate of the house.

Obviously, she already regarded herself as the future hostess of the White House in her heart.

Seeing that Bai Su would rather stay at home and write than come to see him in the palace at this moment, he suddenly felt a little dissatisfied: "You heartless thing!"

She had waited in Xianyang Palace for a whole morning. She thought that Bai Su would come to see her as soon as she woke up, and she felt a burst of anticipation in her heart.

But she didn't expect that there were three poles in the sky today, and she didn't even see a shadow. This made her feel so angry that she killed her all the way.

Bai Su was stunned: "Your Highness, you...why are you here?"

Hu Yan thought to himself that if I don't come, you guys don't know when you will think of me.

She snorted softly: "You still have the face to say it. You haven't come back for more than two months. I don't know how long I've been worried, but you're lucky...you didn't even see me when you came back."

Bai Su was stunned, touched his nose immediately and smiled, "I discussed some things with General Meng Tian last night, I slept a little late for a while, and I just woke up for a while."

Hu Yan curled his lips: "Then what are you writing here?"

Facing Hu Yan's dissatisfied gaze, Bai Su pondered for a while, and said, "I'm going to write a memorial to deal with His Royal Highness Fusu's siege."

"Fusu?"

Hu Yan was stunned for a moment, his strange eyes looked at Bai Su curiously, and said in surprise, "You...do you want to fight against my sister?"

"Probably." Bai Su nodded.

He is very familiar with Wang Jian, Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi and others, and they will definitely not embarrass him.

And those opponents in the court who emphasize agriculture and suppress business will definitely be headed by Chujun Fusu as their enemy, so he naturally has to make preparations in advance.

Hu Yan was taken aback for a moment, could it be that Bai Su and his sister were fighting against each other, all to help him compete for the crown prince?

When she thought of this, her originally dissatisfied tone suddenly softened a lot: "You...are you not afraid of facing so many famous Confucian scholars and many veterans in the court?"

Bai Su said with a straight face: "It's not something to be afraid of, it's something I have to do, because... I have something very important and I need to protect it..."

After all, if things are not done well, his head will be gone.

Hu Yun thought that Bai Su said he wanted to protect him, his fair and pretty face suddenly flushed, and the resentment in his heart dissipated in an instant, turning into a burst of sweetness.

She bit her lip shyly and said, "Then I will accompany you.

As she spoke, she glanced at Bai Su with her amber eyes, and immediately sat on Bai Su's lap, leaning her soft body directly into his arms.

Feeling the girl's youthful body, Bai Su couldn't help being taken aback, and said in a low voice, "Big Qiao, Little Qiao and the others will come over in a while."

Hu Hai turned his head sideways, his eyes full of innocence: "Just come here, I didn't do anything, and besides... it's not like we haven't done anything more intimate."

While speaking, she lightly bit her cherry lips with her white teeth, slowly raised her head, and met Bai Su's eyes, a strange color appeared in her amber eyes.

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Hu Yan looked straight at Bai Su with a pair of strange-colored eyes, and bit his lower lip with his snow-white teeth. This youthful fair face, with a hint of seductive expression, made Bai Su stunned.

But this situation is too dangerous, the door is ajar, and the two maids, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, may come in at any time.

In addition, he just came back from Sister Zheng's bedroom yesterday, if Sister Zheng found out that he had just committed the crime of bullying her and her daughter, there would naturally be some estrangement in her heart.

Even, I wish I could just pull out his skin.

Seeing Bai Su's weird expression, Hu Yan couldn't help sticking out his tongue mischievously: "I won't tease you, by the way, where is the book you wrote?"

She was referring to the novels written by Bai Su. Due to the lack of entertainment methods in this era, even as the eighteenth imperial daughter, she was very bored staying in Xianyang Palace every day.

After hearing Bai Su's ups and downs about the Green Snake by chance, he never forgot it, so he coquettishly asked Bai Su to write down the story and show it to her.

Bai Su pointed to the bookcase opposite: "My things are all stored there by Da Qiao."

Hu Yan immediately got up, walked over thinking about his little feet, then knelt down, his knees touched the ground, slowly leaned forward, arched his body and straightened his waist, opened the bookcase, and began to search, his figure was very graceful.

She blinked her strange-colored eyes, scanned the inside of the cabinet, and found that there were quite a lot of things inside.

In addition to a simple bound volume of "Green Snake", there are also some messy things, such as Kongming lanterns, incense, and a strange-looking small blue body with various strange patterns painted on it. round ball.

She glanced at it casually, and after finding nothing interesting, she picked up "Green Snake" and closed the bookcase.

Bai Su was sitting in front of the table, writing a memorial, when suddenly he felt a weight on his leg: "You are..."

I saw Hu Yan lying on the couch beside him, his little head resting on his lap, and he was constantly flipping through novels.

Hu Yan moved the book away, showing a pretty face with a smile on his face, and said, "I'll write the memorial with you."

Bai Su couldn't laugh or cry: "You just lie on the side and play."

"Who made those official documents so troublesome? Just looking at them gives me a headache. You are busy with yours, and I am busy with mine."

As Hu Yan said, he moved his little head, changed to a more comfortable angle, and quietly looked at the novel in his hand.

Bai Su shook his head helplessly, and turned his gaze back to the table, thinking about how to formulate a reasonable trade law.

After all, if you rely solely on Nongsang, the tax revenue is too low to support the treasury.

But if it's the other way around, simply focusing on commerce won't work either, as it's impossible to support such a large population in the Central Plains by doing business alone.